DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/30 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 14.8 - - 19.4 - - 22.5 - - 17.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 72 - - 173 - - 45 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1025 - - 1980 - - 2598 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 1829 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1914 - - 2869 - - 3487 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 577 - - 425 - - 811 - - 2379 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 170 - - 283 - - 199 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 15 - - 18 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 295 - - 277 - - 275 - - 274 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -786 - - -608 - - -1926 - - -3541 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2700 - - 3477 - - 5413 - - 4475 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9355 - - -7699 - - -9178 - - -11498 ODpotential blCL - - - 11269 - - 10568 - - 12665 - - 12432 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 79 - - 66 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 14.8 - - 19.4 - - 22.5 - - 17.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.6 - - 7.7 - - 2.1 - - 1.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 14.4 - - 18.7 - - 22.4 - - 19.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.1 - - 7.1 - - 1.5 - - 0.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 72 - - 173 - - 45 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1025 - - 1980 - - 2598 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 34 - - 18 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96209 60 258 73 269 63 258 71 257 96209 89096 50 262 49 262 46 274 46 260 89096 83522 42 282 35 267 41 273 44 280 83522 78840 37 292 32 279 39 269 48 287 78840 74779 30 290 32 277 37 279 40 289 74779 71156 30 291 33 278 35 288 37 293 71156 67839 37 283 35 280 38 290 35 298 67839 64760 42 278 39 280 44 291 42 298 64760 61895 43 275 44 284 49 288 50 292 61895 59120 41 278 50 282 49 289 54 288 59120 56222 46 279 51 280 49 287 54 288 56222 53207 51 276 49 280 49 294 54 289 53207 50323 51 276 50 283 53 294 55 291 50323 47732 49 279 54 283 57 290 58 291 47732 45419 54 280 55 282 58 287 58 292 45419 43333 57 281 57 283 57 289 58 294 43333 41436 59 284 59 284 59 293 60 294 41436 39693 63 284 60 286 65 293 62 295 39693 38081 63 283 60 288 68 290 64 296 38081 36582 61 286 60 288 66 286 66 296 36582 35185 63 288 60 285 64 285 68 294 35185 33852 64 283 59 284 62 288 68 292 33852 32513 60 281 59 288 62 290 64 290 32513 31145 63 287 62 290 62 291 59 292 31145 29751 72 281 64 287 65 289 57 294 29751 28320 72 278 65 282 65 285 58 295 28320 26836 74 279 69 279 64 286 59 293 26836 25292 77 279 70 280 64 288 59 293 25292 23685 77 281 67 282 65 289 60 291 23685 22011 71 283 64 283 64 286 60 290 22011 20267 66 288 61 284 61 282 59 290 20267 18447 63 292 60 285 56 285 57 288 18447 16543 58 289 59 282 54 290 53 286 16543 14597 57 290 57 281 52 290 51 288 14597 12718 54 293 55 288 50 290 50 290 12718 11009 52 294 52 293 48 291 48 293 11009 9493 48 296 48 295 48 295 44 296 9493 8147 42 297 42 295 45 298 40 297 8147 6953 38 299 38 293 40 295 37 297 6953 5896 35 300 36 292 38 292 34 299 5896 4966 31 298 33 292 33 293 28 302 4966 4154 27 298 29 289 27*289 24 296 4154 3441 23 299 24*287 20*276 24 285 3441 2806 18 306 16*278 19 275 24 285 2806 2245 17*306 16 277 19 275 24 286 2245 1776 13*298 15 277 18 275 23 286 1776 1417 12 295 15 277 17 275 20 283 1417 1169 12 294 14 277 16 275 16 280 1169 1019 10 293 13 277 14 275 13*278 1019 934 8 293 10 276 11 275 7*274 934 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography